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Bradford City release Thompson and Bates
Garry Thompson is on his way out of City after being told he will not get a new contract. The 33-year-old winger scored 11 goals in 102 appearances, including the famous volley in the Capital One Cup win over Arsenal last season. He recently headed
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Last year's runner-up Wellham takes on first-timer Green in Bradford Snooker Championship final
The Bradford Snooker Championship final takes place on Saturday at Great Horton Conservative Club (7.45pm), with Allerton Cons’ John Wellham taking on Anthony Green from the Harold Club. Anthony’s brother Gareth has dominated the Bradford Championships
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Armitstead fades in sprint finish
Lizzie Armitstead had to settle for eighth place on the opening day of the inaugural Women’s Tour of Britain. The Otley rider, who won an Olympic road race silver medal at the 2012 Games in London, led with 500 metres to go of the trip from Oundle
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Bowls is former boxing world champion Witter’s cool new sideline
Bradford boxing hero Junior Witter is ready to branch out – in the world of lawn bowls. The former world champion has agreed to join Jamaica’s first-ever four-man team and will take to the same green being used in this summer’s Common-wealth Games
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Durham forced to dig in for draw against Yorkshire
Yorkshire were delighted with the way they bounced back from their shock LV= County Championship defeat against Middlesex at Lord’s, despite having to settle for a draw against defending champions Durham. The White Rose county’s overall performance
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Beaumont holds nerve to clinch double for Laisterdyke A
The Tony Theobould Trophy final once again produced a close finish as unbeaten Division Three champions Laisterdyke A were on the double trail as they faced Division Four runners-up Hermits H. Laisterdyke were giving Hermits a 162-point start but
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Nigerian jailed after documents fraud job bid
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to six months in prison after trying to use a Somalian girl’s documents to get a job in a bakery. Olawale Ogboola, 28, of Shetcliffe Lane, Bradford, used the resident’s permit along with his Nigerian passport
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Bowls: Cranmore post shock of day in Godwin League to rout Guiseley
Shipley Club were comprehensive 25-5 winners over Whitkirk in the Naylor Premier League, carding an impressive nine winners, with Robbie Ellis (21-7) and Ian Jacques (21-8) the pick of them. Joe Cranston produced a great 21-5 for Crossgates at
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Bowls results
Saturday Leagues Naylor – Brighouse Sports A 192 (21), Wyke A 164 (9); Clayton A 156 (9), Crossgates 194 (21); Shipley Club A 201 (25), Whitkirk 141 (5); Asa Briggs A 177 (12), Eccleshill A 183 (18); Pudsey A 184 (18), Ladyhill A 159 (12).
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Free travel to Guiseley play-off final
Guiseley will be providing free travel for their fans to Saturday’s Conference North play-off final at Lee Sinnott’s Altrincham. The club are keen to see as many of their supporters as possible cheering the Lions on at Moss Lane in the last hurdle
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Architect Michael’s new role
Architect Michael Feather has been promoted to director at the firm where he initially gained work experience as a 16-year-old student. The move follows another successful year at Saltaire-based Bowman Riley. Mr Feather has joined the board
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Bradford welcomes pool’s elite
International eight-ball pool returns to Bradford this weekend with new sponsorship, bigger prize-money and a remit to make sure that the players are the centre of attention. The Hilton Hotel stages the International Professional Pool Players’
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Chairman of Airedale trust is thanked
The departing chairman of Airedale Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was thanked for his years of service to the organisation. Colin Millar’s contribution was recognised at the latest meeting of the foundation trust’s management board. Non executive
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Westville School pupil’s top penmanship wins prize
The Rotary Club of Ilkley run an annual handwriting competition for Year 4 pupils at local primary schools. This year, all ten schools participated. The overall best school was Westville with winning pupil, Max Barratt, receiving a Lamy fountain
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Champions Hunsworth heading for top flight
Hunsworth clinched the West Riding County Amateur League Division One title and promotion to the Premier Division next season with a game to spare after beating Westbrook YMCA 4-0. They will be joined by Lower Hopton, who made sure of second place
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Open day is held at Skipton woodland
A 16th century woodland cast its spell over visitors at the recent open day. Local families were able to explore The Wilderness – formerly the garden of Skipton’s first Grammar School, Ermysted’s – and took part in a variety of activities, including
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Wickets tumble as Yorkshire chase victory
Yorkshire were in among the wickets and chasing LV= County Championship victory over Durham with one session to go. Five wickets in the afternoon set the nerves jangling in the home dressing room as the champions reached tea at 55-4 from 26 overs
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Idziorek is Pole star in Exeter
Team Heckmondwike speedway star Pawel Idziorek travelled to Exeter for the Euro Club Championships, racing for Polish team Ostrow. The team consisted of Piotr Kasperczak, Pawel Idziorek, Marcin Kolata, Syzmon Kowalczyk and world junior champion
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Hat-trick chance in business awards
Specialist engineering company Airedale Springs is in the running for three gongs at this year’s Keighley Business Awards Winners, including an overall business of the year title, will be announced at an event on Friday, May 16, at Victoria Hall hosted
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Former trial rider dies, 93
The funeral of former trial rider Eric Rathmell will be held on Friday, May 16. Mr Rathmell, who died at 93, was a life member of the Ilkley Motor Club and clerk of course for the Ilkley Grand National and New Year Trials. Mr Rathmell lived
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Teacher sentenced for affair with pupil
A teacher was today sentenced to a year in prison suspended for two years for having a sexual relationship with a pupil. Gareth Aspey, 29, a science teacher at Skipton Girls High School, resigned after his relationship with the then 17-year-old
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Gold Line project is a success
Airedale Hospital bosses have welcomed the success of a pilot project designed to help alleviate the suffering of terminally-ill patients. The hospital has been trialling a service called Gold Line via its Telemedicine Hub. This gives patients
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Bradford and Halifax rail group to hold meeting
Improvements to the rail line between Bradford and Halifax will be discussed at a meeting this Saturday. The Halifax and District Rail Action Group (Hadrag) is holding its annual meeting, with Councillor James Lewis, chairman of West Yorkshire’
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Specialist promoted to partner
Anjon Mallik, a construction specialist, has been promoted to junior equity partner at Bradford and Leeds law firm Gordons. He is operating at a level created by the firm in 2010 to identify and develop people capable of attaining full equity partner
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Yorkshire facing a race against time at Durham
Yorkshire are still chasing victory in their LV= County Championship match against Durham despite only taking one wicket in the morning session of day four. Rain and Durham’s ninth-wicket pair of Jamie Harrison and Graham Onions, who shared 45,
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Poppies are sown at Keighley church to mark World War One centenary
Poppies have been sown outside Keighley Shared Church in an act of remembrance to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The seeds were sown by the mayor of Keighley, Councillor Sally Walker, who was accompanied by other council
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Council ponders taking over toilets
Silsden Town Council is looking into taking over the running of the town’s public toilets. Chairman Chris Atkinson is leading efforts to keep the block in Bridge Street despite Bradford Council cutbacks. Silsden is teaming up with neighbouring
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Parkinson’s advice at Keighley group
People can learn about Parkinson’s research during an event on Monday. Keighley Parkinson’s Support Group will have information about research carried out by the charity Parkinson’s UK. Claire Bale will give a presentation at Keighley Healthy
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Fresh look at health issues
Fresh thoughts on modern health issues will be revealed at a special talk by respected diet expert Dr Vernon Wheelock at Broughton Hall next week. The former University of Bradford professor and microbiologist founded the Food Policy Research Unit
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Great Horton schools link up to create shared nursery
Two schools have teamed up to create new nursery classes for two-year-olds in what is believed to be a first for the district. Neighbouring schools Horton Grange Primary and Farnham Primary, in Great Horton, have joined forces to run the new facility
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Charity’s thanks to link-up with store
An Otley-based charity is celebrating a successful two-year link-up with its local Sainsbury’s store. The supermarket has supported Otley Action for Older People as its Local Charity Partner for the past two years. The link-up, which has seen
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Seminar to boost sport and leisure around the Tour de France
A Keighley event will focus on the opportunities being created for sport and leisure by this summer’s arrival of the Tour de France. The Active Bradford Partnership – comprising groups committed to raising the profile of sport and physical activity
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Table tennis marathon raises money for charity
A club attended by a local teenager who survived a rare form of cancer has raised cash for the organisation which helped him by staging a 24-hour table tennis marathon. Dozens of youngsters and adults took part in the event at Keighley Table Tennis
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Precision engineers W B Lee ready to handle any emergency
Sean Nash, general manager of engineering company W B Lee & Co describes the business as “a 999 operation”. “Wherever there are machines, we’re there,” he said. The firm has developed a successful business as a niche operation providing
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Former Co-op boss and Methodist minister Paul Flowers admits possession of drugs
Disgraced former Co-operative Bank boss Paul Flowers has admitted possessing drugs including cocaine and crystal meth. The Bradford minister, dubbed the Crystal Methodist, appeared before magistrates in Leeds where he pleaded guilty to two counts
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Hospital’s invitation to minister
The new chief executive of NHS England has been invited to visit Airedale Hospital. Simon Stevens has been invited to the site by the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust’s chief executive Bridget Fletcher. She said: “I believe what we are doing here
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City set to share in tourist revenue increase
The value of foreign visitors to Yorkshire’s tourist attractions, including in the Bradford district, is set to rise by nearly 30 per cent over the next three years. The region’s economy is set to get a £613 million boost from foreign tourists
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Bradford foodbank will collect at mosques
A soup kitchen is expanding to open a foodbank with hopes of supporting families reluctant to ask for help. InTouch Foundation founder Osman Gondal hopes that by collecting donations in mosques, South Asian families will be encouraged to request
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Tips for gardeners from sports turf experts
Gardeners are being given access to expertise at a world-renowned research body which advises some of the world’s top sporting venues to help their patch bloom better. Green-fingered enthusiasts are being given access to the science behind the
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Why did soldier leave his family in Bradford after First World War?
War, as we have seen on these pages over the last four months, affects soldiers in a variety of ways. The physical wounds they may suffer are mirrored by the mental wounds many bring back with them. A case in point is recounted here by engineer
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Not much ado about Simon Cowell's Bard slight
There has been much hoo-ha over Simon Cowell’s comments about a circus act that appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. Circus owner Gerry Cottle claims his act, involving seven performers riding one bicycle, was cut to 20 seconds, with a corny old circus
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More outdated ideas
SIR – Hearing of Labour leader Ed Miliband’s latest crackpot idea to ‘regulate’ private tenancies and rents coming so soon after all the portents of doom on the UK economy have been proved wrong by latest figures on growth, employment, inflation, etc
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Deeper look at policies
SIR – Most people are aware of the two policies that UKIP and its leader highlight at each and every opportunity and which get huge amounts of publicity. These appear to have struck a chord with some voters and led to a forecast of the party doing
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Doctor retires after nearly 30 years of care
A Bradford doctor has retired after giving almost three decades of medical care to patients at Kensington Street Health Centre. Dr Valerie Wilson joined the practice 29 years ago and retired last week with Bradford Mayor Khadim Hussain giving a
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Bradford home to some big hitters
A new economic report shows that Bradford is home to 16 of the region’s biggest 150 companies, generating combined sales of £23.8 billion. The analysis by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO reveals that the 16 companies achieved operating
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Lines were broken
SIR – I have just read the story about the stupidity of the Council fining the Bingley Church congregation on a Sunday (T&A, May 5). As well as wondering who is supposedly in charge of the Council and wishing them a speedy non-pensioned retirement
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Key to investigation
SIR – Re your article ‘Care worker went on spending spree with credit cards of her dementia patient, 81’. (T&A Saturday, April 26) Bluebird Care operates an excellent standard of service across our network and we expect the highest levels of quality
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It’s time for housing to be made a top priority
SIR – As a resident of Shipley, I want our newly-elected councillors to make solving the housing shortage their top priority after Thursday, May 22. Many of us are finding it really hard to save enough money to get on the housing ladder, or are
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On This Day: Wednesday, May 7, 2014
From the T&A... 25 years ago: A pair of 50-year-old telephone boxes became the latest addition to Bradford’s expanding heritage trail, with the classic red jubilee kiosks in Great Horton Road given conservation status by the Council. 50
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Politicians get behind Cougars
A trio of “Keighley lads” have voiced their wholehearted support for the Keighley Cougars prior to their important match next month in the Tetley’s Challenge Cup. Responding to the news that the Cougars have reached the quarter-finals of the cup
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COMMENT: Dental nurse's striking off sends out message
When the public have any contact with health professionals to any degree, they must be confident that those who are involved in any way in their treatment are suitable types of people to deal with patients. So it is unsurprising that dental nurse
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Commissioner: A fresh approach for tackling crime across West Yorkshire
Crime affects us all, whether we are a victim, or our loved ones are, or someone in our community is hit by burglary, violence or any number of different offences. Last week that was brought into sharp focus with the tragic death of teacher Ann
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Artist brings BRI ward walls to life!
A children’s ward at the Bradford Royal Infirmary has had a mural make-over thanks to a healthcare assistant who is an artist in his spare time. Richard Taylorson’s skills were called on by Ward 16 staff who asked him to brighten up the corridors
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Leanne vows to bring famous Haworth pub back to life
The new landlady of the Black Bull pub in Haworth has promised to “bring the smile back” to the pub. Pub troubleshooter Leanne Forbes aims to revive the Main Street hostelry which was once the haunt of Branwell Bronte. She was chosen by owners
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New-look Co-op store opens
Two jobs have been created at a Bradford foodstore which has undergone a £415,000 refurbishment. The Co-operative Food store in Thornton, which has been redesigned and given a new look, now employs 16 staff. The upgraded store was officially
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Baildon teenager presents his petition on Eccleshill Treatment Centre
A teenager who started an online petition to save a Bradford medical centre from an uncertain future will have his say at City Hall today. James Slater, 15, who lives near Eccleshill Treatment Centre, started the petition after reading in the Telegraph
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Was man mown down deliberately in Bradford?
A 36-year-old man remained in hospital yesterday after a collision with a car in Bradford, with police suggesting the incident may have been deliberate. The man is in a stable condition at Leeds General Infirmary after the incident, which happened
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Nine patients with liver disease given new wonder drug
Nine liver disease patients in Bradford have trialled a new wonder drug for free in a pharmacy-sponsored research project that could otherwise have cost hospital bosses £315,000. Hepatitis C specialists at Bradford Royal Infirmary will know in
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Bradford City review of the season
No disrespect intended to Walsall, but they do not seem the most obvious yardstick to measure City’s progress on their return to the third tier. But maybe Phil Parkinson’s name-checking of the Saddlers after the final whistle at Tranmere was more
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Christeyns adds family business
Bradford-based laundry chemical manufacturer Christeyns UK has strengthened its position in the dry cleaning sector by acquiring a family specialist West Yorkshire business. Belgian-owned Christeyns, based in Rutland Street, East Bowling, has bought
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Purtell homing in on a Bradford Bulls hat-trick
Adrian Purtell believes the Bulls can maintain their winning habit when St Helens arrive at Odsal this weekend. Francis Cummins’ in-form side have dumped Catalan Dragons out of the Challenge Cup and beaten Warrington in their past two home games
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Parkinson's delight as Darby scoops top prize at Bradford City player of the year awards
Stephen Darby was hailed for his “win at all costs” attitude after being named the Telegraph & Argus/JCT600 City player of the year. The right back, who started every game of the season, was the overwhelming choice of the fans at last night
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Bradford City fire disaster is set to be remembered
People will attend a commemoration event in Bradford city centre this weekend to pay their respects to those who died in the Bradford City fire disaster. The service in Centenary Square will mark the 29th anniversary of the deaths of 56 people
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Bradford drug dealer must repay £16,000
A drug dealer netted in a major undercover police operation to rid Bradford’s streets of heroin and cocaine must repay more than £16,000 earned through his crimes. Khorum Parvez was jailed for six years last September for two sets of drugs offences
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Queensbury boy Nathan’s haircut to raise £200
A nine-year-old schoolboy has come up with a hair-raising plan to raise money for a children’s cancer charity. Nathan Gill hopes to raise £200 for Clic Sargent by having his locks lopped. The Russell Hall Primary School pupil, from Queensbury
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Keighley & Worth Valley commuter rail service idea is scrapped
Proposals to set up a commuter rail service on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR) have been shelved. Following five years of debate, councillors on a committee who have been investigating the idea say they have accepted that there
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Cruelty case woman, 62, from Wyke banned from keeping pets
A woman has been banned from looking after animals for life after being found guilty of 15 charges of animal cruelty. Eileen Colman, of St Mary’s Crescent, Wyke, Bradford, faced the series of charges under the Animal Welfare Act of 2006, including
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VIDEO: Man arrested after body of woman is found underneath parked car
Police are investigating after the discovery of a woman’s body underneath a car parked on the street outside the house where she is believed to have lived. West Yorkshire Police say they were called with paramedics to Prospect Street, Cleckheaton
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How prescription drugs can become addictive
Anyone who has bought a packet of painkillers from a pharmacy will probably have been asked if they have taken that brand before, and if they have any allergies or other conditions. But you can pick up a packet in a supermarket and pop it in your
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Bradford governor calls public meeting over school
One of the school governors sacked by Bradford Council plans to meet with parents in response to a damning Ofsted report that led to the Council removing him and his fellow governors. Yesterday an Ofsted report into governance at Laisterdyke Business
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Shipley dental nurse struck off over violence
A Shipley dental nurse has been struck off by the General Dental Council for “sustained and deliberate dishonesty” and “violent criminal conduct”. Gurvinder Lall, who was based at Wellcroft Dental Practice in Thomas Duggan House, run by his uncle
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Prescription drug addicts 'are adept' at fooling GPs
Most of the people Dr Alun George treats at Bradford’s Unity Centre are seeking recovery-based treatment for class A drug use – but he also sees people who are dependent on prescription drugs. Dr George is Clinical Lead at Unity, part of Bradford
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Son to take to the saddle in dad’s memory after his sudden death
A super-fit fundraiser has died suddenly, just weeks before he was to do a 200-mile charity bike ride which had already reached £3,200 in sponsorship. Now Mike Perry’s 17-year-old son will complete the ride in his father’s memory. The father
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Respect take action over 'malicious' fake Twitter account
Respect are taking action over a fake Twitter feed claiming to be run by the party from which offensive comments were posted online in a spat with other users of the social networking site. The @Respect4Bfd profile on Twitter shows a photo of the
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Bradford and Keighley Magistrates court file
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Jason Beattie, aged 30, of Westburn Crescent, Keighley; assaulted a PC, £110 fine, £75 compensation, £225 costs. Anthony Jacob Carr, aged 24, of Crook Farm, Shipley; possession
